... that after the French ironclad Atalante was condemned in Saigon in 1887, she fell into such a state of disrepair that "she foundered one night and gradually sank into the mud"?
... that, out of the 2,600 km (1,600 mi) of track in use in Vietnam's national railway network, 85% of passenger volume and 60% of cargo volume is transported along the 1,726 km (1,072 mi) North–South Railway line?
Water puppetry (Vietnamese: Múa rối nước, lit. "puppets that dance on water") is a tradition that dates back as far as the 11th century CE when it originated in the villages of the Red River Delta area of northern Vietnam. These used puppets were found in the Old Quarter of Hanoi.
The puppets are made out of wood and then lacquered. The shows are performed in a waist-deep pool. A large rod supports the puppet under the water and is used by the puppeteers, who are normally hidden behind a screen, to control them. Thus the puppets appear to be moving over the water. When the rice fields would flood, the villagers would entertain each other using this form of puppet play.
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